I’ve been meaning to watch Channel 4’s documentary The Great #ADHD Myth all week, not because I think I’ll agree with it’s assertion that ADHD is a a ‘social construct’ but because I wanted to see what tricks the latest fighters of a culture war on #neurodivergence are using.
Professor Gina Rippon, whose books I’ve read and seen speak, eloquently shreds the documentary here:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/20/there-is-nothing-scientific-about-the-great-adhd-myth-documentary
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